AlertCamp vs CampSage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AlertCamp
Instantly find available campsites by monitoring cancellations across Canadian parks. Receive real-time alerts and one-tap booking to secure your preferred spot.
- Real-time cancellation detection
- Instant push notifications
- One-tap booking
- Monitor multiple parks and dates
- Support for camping and roofed accommodation
- Dark mode
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Never miss a campsite again! AlertCamp monitors cancellations across hundreds of provincial, state, and national parks across North America — plus US wilderness permits, with new parks added regularly — and alerts you instantly when a site becomes available. HOW IT WORKS 1. Select your park, dates, and preferred campsites 2. AlertCamp scans availability every 1 to 15 minutes depending on your plan 3. Receive an instant push notification when a spot opens up 4. Tap to book — the reservation page opens pre-filled with your dates, party size, and equipment FEATURES - Instant push notifications on every plan, plus email and SMS(*) - US wilderness permits — Yosemite, Glacier, Olympic, North Cascades, Yellowstone, Zion and more. Pick your entry dates and party size, and we check the moment a park releases its quota - Multi-night backcountry routes — we watch every night of the trip and alert you only when the whole itinerary lines up - 200+ curated routes across Canada and the US — traverses, loops and out-and-backs — or plan your own, night by night. Then we walk you through booking the whole trip, one night at a time, on the reservation site - Discover parks on an interactive map with text or voice search, filters, and "Near me" - Browse interactive campground and backcountry maps with trails, amenity icons, site photo previews and guest ratings - Filter by equipment, tent-only sites, pets and more - Support for camping, roofed accommodation, backcountry, wilderness permits, boat-in and equestrian sites - Monitor multiple parks, dates, and sites at once - Dark mode PLANS - Essai (Free forever): 1 alert, scans every 10-15 min - Regular: 5 alerts, scans every 5-8 min + email - Pro: 15 alerts, scans every 1-3 min + email + SMS All paid plans are billed monthly. Start with the free Essai plan and upgrade anytime. Available in 17 languages so everyone feels home. Terms of Use: https://alert.camp/en/terms/ NOTE AlertCamp is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any supported park system. We are an independent service. Park and site names are used for informational purposes only. (*): Email available in Regular and above; SMS available in Pro only, for Canadian and US phone numbers
CampSage
Discover available campsites on a live map, filtered to your specific trip needs. Get instant alerts for cancellations at popular, fully booked parks. Plan your perfect outdoor adventure with real-time weather and booking information.
- Live campsite map
- Custom trip filters
- Cancellation alerts
- Real-time weather forecasts
- Cell coverage reports
- Coverage for Recreation.gov and California State Parks
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Sold-out doesn't mean out of luck. CampSage shows you every open campsite on one live map — filtered to the trip you actually want — and catches cancellations at parks that are already full. SEE WHAT'S OPEN AT A GLANCE Most camping apps make you pick a park and wait. CampSage flips that: open the map and every available site is right there, closest first. Tap a pin and you see exactly what's open — dates, number of nights, how many sites — without digging. BUILT FOR REAL TRIPS Filter the map down to the trip you're planning: • 2 or 3 nights, or a specific weekend • Sites open on your exact dates • Group camping — see sites open together AND right next to each other • Beaches, lakes, rivers, national forests • Cell coverage per site, from real camper reports CATCH CANCELLATIONS The best campgrounds book out months ahead — but people cancel constantly. CampSage watches for those openings and shows them the moment they appear. Set a free alert on any campground and we'll email you when a site frees up, so you can rebook before anyone else. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO Every park page shows the live weather forecast for that campground's exact location, recent cancellation history, cell coverage, and a plain-English summary of what's available and how to book. WHERE WE COVER CampSage reads availability from 25 official reservation systems across 38 US states and Canadian provinces and territories: United States — Recreation.gov (national parks, national forests, BLM, Army Corps), plus the state park systems of California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Ohio, Minnesota, Florida, Missouri, Texas, Indiana and Montana. Canada — Parks Canada, plus BC, Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories and Yukon. Campgrounds in other states, including Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico, Maine, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alaska, are covered through Recreation.gov. NOT A GOVERNMENT APP CampSage is an independent, unofficial app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, authorized by, or operated by any government entity, including the National Park Service, the USDA Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, Recreation.gov, Parks Canada, or any state, provincial or territorial park agency. CampSage does not take reservations or payments for campsites — every booking happens on the operator's own official site. Weather forecasts and alerts come from the US National Weather Service (weather.gov), and wildfire information from InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov), the AirNow Fire and Smoke Map (fire.airnow.gov) and the BC Wildfire Service. Availability changes fast, so always confirm on the operator's own site before you travel. NO ACCOUNT, NO CLUTTER No sign-up to browse the map. No ads. Free email alerts. Just the fastest way to see what's actually open and catch a site when it frees up. Plan the trip. Catch the cancellation. Go camping. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://campsage.app/camp/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CampSage at none against AlertCamp's 2. CampSage also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. AlertCamp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CampSage asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for AlertCamp against 5.0 for CampSage. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
AlertCamp ships an update every 10 days, CampSage every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AlertCamp | CampSage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 16560768 Canada Inc. | Daniel Maynard |
Customer experience
AlertCamp
CampSage
In-app purchases
AlertCamp
- Regular$2.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
CampSage
No in-app purchases








